Ball-retainer for ball-bearings.



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BALL RETAINER FOR BALL BEARINGS APPLICATION FILED DECJ. I9I 7.

1,294,127. Patented E61), 11, 1919.

INVENTOR- k WITNESSES; m Mm moi/6 By Attorneys,

,& wi wa/b/dwwaz UNITED STATES ROLAND WALLACE LINDHE, F MOSCOW, RUSSIA, ASSIGNOR TO AKTIEBOLAGET SVENSKA KULLAGERFABRIKEN, OF GOTTENBORG, SWEDEN, A CORPORATION OF SWEDEN.

- BALL-RETAINER FOR BALL-BEARINGS.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

Original application filed March 17, 1917, Serial No. 155,602. Divided and this application filed December "I,

Lmnnr'z, a subject of the King of Sweden,

residing at Moscow, in the Republic of Russla, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Retainers for Ball-Bearings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to ball retainers for ball bearings and particularly to ball retainers consisting of two. separate rings having holes for the balls and held together by the balls themselves.

This application is divisional of my copending application filed March 17. 1917, Serial No. 155,602, which matured into Letters Patent No. 1,254,332, January 22, 1918.

The invention consists, chiefly, in that the holes in both rings are of smaller diameter than the diameter of the balls, and are open at the sides. The halls. inserted between the rings are retained by the seats formed by opposite holes, no other means for securing the balls being required and any risk of jamming the balls being excluded.

The invention further consists 11'! the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a ball retainer according to the invention, and

' Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the ball retainer consists of two concentric cylindrical rings 1 and 2 having holes 3 and 4, respectively, for the balls 5. According to Serial No. 205,941.

the invention, the diameter of the holes in 40 both rings-is smaller than the diameter of the balls. The halls are open at the sides whereby tongues orlaps are formedbetween which the balls are held. The halls are inserted by making use of the elasticity of the rings,

- In the lllustratlon aretainer is shown for two rows or sets of balls, but, of course,

it is obvious that the same invention w'l apply equally well to a retainer for a si le row or set'of balls.

I claim as my invention 1" l 1. A ball retainer for ball bearings con-I sisting of two separate rings having holesl}1 by the ball's' 55" for the balls and held together themselves, the said retainer being char-' acterizcd by thisthat the holes in both rings are of smaller diameter than the diameter of the balls and are open at the sides of the rings whereby tongues or laps are formed between which the balls are held.

2. A ball retainer for ball bearings consistingof two separate rings each havmg two rows of holes for the balls, held together by the balls themselves, sai ball retainer being characterized by this that the holes in both rings are of smaller diameter than the diameter of the balls, the

rings at e..ch side being cut into the holes adjacent that are formed between which the balls are held. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ROLAND WALLACE LINDHE.

Witnesses:

AUG. SORENSON, KARL Ronnsxoe.

the rings being side whereby tongues or laps 

